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Florida scrub is a forest ecoregion found throughout Florida in the United States. It is found on coastal and inland sand ridges and is characterized by an evergreen xeromorphic plant community dominated by shrubs and dwarf oaks.
The Florida anise tree has large evergreen lance shaped leaves that are lustrous and dark green. [3] When crushed the leaf has a sweet odor, described as being "anise-like". [3] The leaf of this plant has a parallel main vein. [4] [unreliable source?] Within the leaf of this shrub, a flower also grows. The flower has 20 to 30 maroon-colored petals.
Cornus florida: flowering dogwood Cornaceae (dogwood family) 491 Cornus kousa: Kousa dogwood Cornaceae (dogwood family) Cornus mas: cornelian dogwood Cornaceae (dogwood family) Cornus nuttallii: western flowering dogwood; Pacific flowering dogwood Cornaceae (dogwood family) 492 Cornus racemosa: gray dogwood Cornaceae (dogwood family) Cornus ...
1. Japanese Holly. Japanese holly has pretty, rounded leaves and a dense form that make it an attractive foundation planting. It has tiny white flowers in spring followed by small, non-descript ...
Ixora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. [1] It is the only genus in the tribe Ixoreae. It consists of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs and holds around 544 species. [2] Though native to the tropical and subtropical areas throughout the world, its centre of diversity is in Tropical Asia.
Elaeagnus plants are deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees. [3] The alternate leaves and the shoots are usually covered with tiny silvery to brownish scales, giving the plants a whitish to grey-brown colour from a distance. The flowers are small, with a four-lobed calyx and no petals; they are often fragrant.
In Florida, individual F. aurea trees flower and fruit asynchronously. [7] Within-tree asynchrony in flowering is likely to raise the probability of self-pollination, but it may be an adaptation that allows the species to maintain an adequate population of wasps at low population densities or in strongly seasonal climates. [7]
The male and female flowers. M. cerifera is an evergreen. The glandular leaves are long, have a leathery texture and serrated edges, and contain aromatic compounds. [4] The plant is dioecious, with male and female flowers borne in catkins on separate plants. [3] Male flowers have three or four stamens, and are surrounded by short bracts. [4]